(a) Unless otherwise provided in the partnership agreement, the general partners who have not wrongfully dissolved a limited partnership or, if none, the limited partners, may wind up the limited partnership's affairs; but the circuit court of the county in which the principal office of the limited partnership is located, on cause shown, may wind up the limited partnership's affairs on application of any partner or assignee.

(b) Upon dissolution of a limited partnership and until the filing of a certificate of cancellation as provided in § 10-203 of this title, the persons winding up the limited partnership's affairs may, in the name of and on behalf of the limited partnership, prosecute and defend suits, whether civil, criminal, or administrative, gradually settle and close the limited partnership's business, dispose of and convey the limited partnership's property, discharge the limited partnership's liabilities, and distribute to the partners any remaining assets of the limited partnership, all without affecting the liability of the limited partners.